MOPanfisher

Applies to all COE managed areas.

This topic always seems to get to me. Whether or not the kid was drunk at this point is somewhat irrelevant, he was in custody of the MSHP and due to a failure on the officers part the kid died. It was not a freak accident, or simple bad luck, it was the officers fault plain and simple. He was responsible for properly and safely transporting his prisoner. Simply putting life jacket on correctly would have resulted in a wet, maybe bruised but LIVE prisoner.

I am somewhat restricted at work as to what I have, but will check on it tomorrow. Don't mind using my phone but some things I can't do with it. I need a ten year old kid for an tech assistant.

The basic concept of combining two state police agencies into one was not a terrible idea. The way it has been done and managed is nothing less than a huge black eye for the MSHP.

The whole merger was in my opinion very poorly handled. The MSHP could easily have merged the MSHP into their organization and still kept it a separate division, and mostly intact. Two branches, one overall command, not rocket science.

Hope they are over estimating the rainfall. Here it is only a half inch which won't hurt us any. Won't help but won't hurt either.

Anyone have any clue why I cannot log in from work computer. Haven't been able to since the site upgrade. Can't even find a login option. And thank you strawhat, I will post the brochure if I can ever get logged on from work.

K Jackson that is exactly what the new regulations does. If I can just figure out how to log on from work computer or how to put it on from this dang phone.

Well my work computer apparently doesn't like the OA site. If Phil or somebody wants to shoot me an email address I have a nice brochure I can send, that shows all the passes and what they do. Also appears that my phone is many levels smarter than me.

https://store.usgs.gov/pass/index.html also soon the COE Offices should have them, however exact delivery date unknown.

Some additional information. If you have one of the various passes (Golden Age, Golden Access, ATB Senior, ATB Access) and properly display it then there is no day use charge. There will be plastic placards to hang from the mirror and display the passes like the Annual Pass. There are some additional new passes out there such as volunteers, active military etc. I will try to post a link to the website that covers it all tomorrow.

I would expect to see them generating as much as possible. Same for Truman and LOZ, Pomme is already at max release. With the late year flood I don't know how much decaying veg there will be. Soon enough levels will be back down and I will.be one of the hopefulls throwing a rogue near the dam trying to entice a toothy critter to bite.

I have seen a lot of spoonbill carcasses, mostly around ramps, an very poorly cleaned or sometimes just dumped. I have seen a few on LOZ or truman that were sublegal dead fish. Spoonbill carcasses rotting in the sun can make a ramp a place you don't stay long at.

Once the big rivers drop to where Bull can release there will be lots of megawatts going down river from beaver, TR, taney, and BS, plus stockton, Truman and loz, heck they should give electricity away this winter.

I am planning on abusing the crappie spawn this year, hoping to get in on some walleye and maybe whites as well. Fishing some with wife, some with retired froends, and hope to hit a few creeks and rivers as well. Going to try the Ned on a lake just to see what it will catch. Finally with any luck this fall hit a lake in eastern KS for a lake smallmouth adventure. This has to be better than last year, I hope.

Love the old school look. Ate many many a fried whole black perch/green sunfish, or those could be gogglers too. I had some black Eyed Peas last night as part of the new years celebration. They had some peppers and sausage in them. Was very good. However did not mix well with some cheap bubbly. I still have some.crowder peas I need to soak some, a little ham hock or bacon and jalapeño pepper might be delicious.

Amen JD, glad thing are looking up.

Yes, just over 860 in early July. Topped out this time at 863.9 or so. 3.5 to 4.0 over earlier peak in july. Started back down now. Outflows are 3500.cfs and lake is falling.

Type in the words Flood Control Act into a search and pick a year. You will quickly see the authorization and and missions set by congress. The COE has many navigation responsibilities including, levees, wing dikes, channelization, harbor facilities, dredging etc. But the dams were set up for flood control first and foremost.

Well my year was somewhat abbreviated, a good trip at end of March resulted in a limit of walleye then an enforced sabbatical of sorts from all things fun for 6 months. Finally got back into a few short trips resulting in several crappie, and a big hybrid. Some nice crappie were beginning to come my way until the holiday deluge. Now it's gonna be a while before I can take advantage of the lakes and rivers.

That sicks. Jolly Mill is my go to place after opening morning dove shoot at Talbot. Clean doves, bait crawdad traps and eat lunch then nap and run traps all afternoon culminating with an evening shoot across the road sometimes and a big pot of dad's with corn on the cob sausage etc. Etc.

First find him/them then worry about how to make his/their life miserable.

Looks like we have about peaked out. Inflows dropped way off and rise is minimal now. Likely we will begin releasing today probably 2000 or so and check the channel capacity again in morning hoping to increase tomorrow but will wait to see. Am guessing we are going to top out right around 864 a little short of the record pool. Interestingly that is less than 70% of our flood storage capacity, so even though 2nd highest we are not "full". Gumboot July hit just a hair over 860.

Sorry Pepe but you are incorrect. Some COE dams have navigation as one of their authorized purposes but at TR if it is even a purpose it is very far down the list. Flood control and hydropower are at the top. Generally for non full flow dams that have hydropower capability navigation is often removed as a purpose so that the water is not wasted so to speak it is turned into electricity instead. As I have said many times flood control is number 1 priority but still has to be balanced again hydropower needs. I'd strictly flood control the lake would be drawn down to 875 or so to provide additional flood storage.

Honestly don't know. A wrecker operator was electrocuted I think in SPFLD when he waded out to hook up.to a car.